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  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 27, 2013 9:39am Jun 27, 2013 9:39am
Hi,
I am working on something that requires using data from M5 and D1 charts, but may be attached to an H1 chart.
The problem is that the M5 and D1 data is out of date unless I have 2 extra Symbol windows open with M5 and D1.
I am sure that there must be a way to force updates in a different timeframe without having to open the other 2 windows, but I cannot find out how.
Any help will be much appreciated
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  • #2
  • Jun 27, 2013 10:23am Jun 27, 2013 10:23am
Use iClose (iOpen, iHigh, iLow) and you can get the data for the TF that you are interested in.

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  • #3
  • Jun 27, 2013 4:08pm Jun 27, 2013 4:08pm
Quoting Gumrai
Hi, I am working on something that requires using data from M5 and D1 charts, but may be attached to an H1 chart. The problem is that the M5 and D1 data is out of date unless I have 2 extra Symbol windows open with M5 and D1. I am sure that there must be a way to force updates in a different timeframe without having to open the other 2 windows, but I cannot find out how. Any help will be much appreciated
Use iOpen(), iClose(), iHigh() and iLow() as has already been mentioned but check for error 4066 to check if the data has been updated or not, if you get an error 4066 check for the data again until you no longer get an error 4066 . . .
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  • #4
  • Last Post: Jun 28, 2013 6:02am Jun 28, 2013 6:02am
Quoting futurespec
Use iClose (iOpen, iHigh, iLow) and you can get the data for the TF that you are interested in. M.
Quoting RaptorUK
{quote} Use iOpen(), iClose(), iHigh() and iLow() as has already been mentioned but check for error 4066 to check if the data has been updated or not, if you get an error 4066 check for the data again until you no longer get an error 4066 . . .
Thanks guys.
I was using iTime() as well as iOpen(), iClose(), iHigh()
I was getting wrong values even when GetLastError() returned 0. So I was flummoxed for a while.
I found the reason was that I was testing out some stuff with a script and alerts and my server connection was intermittent.
If there was no connection with the server at the time that I dragged the script into the chart window, wrong values were returned.

Thanks for the tip about error 4066
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